According to SNY.tv’s Adam Zagoria, Florida is among a handful of schools that have reached out to former Rutgers sophomore guard Eli Carter.

Carter announced last week he was transferring in the wake of the firing of Rutgers coach Mike Rice.

Florida fans may remember that Carter scored a career-high 31 points as a freshman in Rutgers’ 85-83 double-overtime win over the Gators in December of 2011. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound guard averaged a team-high 14.9 points per game for the Scarlet Knights last season.

Under NCAA rules, Carter would have to sit out next season before becoming eligible to play in 2014-15.

Update: Zagoria reported Monday night that Florida coach Billy Donovan will have an in-home visit with Carter on Tuesday. Donovan, of course, remembers Carter’s 31-point night against the Gators as well as anyone and is said to be high on the 6-foot-2 guard because of his ability to create his own shot.

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Kevin Brockway gave up on his dream of becoming a lefty starting pitcher for the New York Mets when he walked four straight batters, then hit one in a middle school game in Suffern, N.Y. Since graduating college in 1993, he’s worked as a sports writer at daily newspapers throughout the state of Florida, beginning with the Key West Citizen. He then moved on to the Northwest Florida Daily News and Naples Daily News before becoming the men’s basketball writer for The Gainesville Sun in 2003. Brockway has won multiple state and national writing awards during his 16-year career. Favorite pastimes include karaoke and watching baseball. Favorite college hoops team growing up was St. John’s.